A labor dispute at Ocean Downs Casino could lead to a strike during one of the casino’s busiest times of the year as negotiations between workers and management remain at a standstill.
The union representing Ocean Downs employees says workers overwhelmingly rejected what the casino’s parent company, Churchill Downs Incorporated, called its last and final contract offer after months of negotiations.
“After about, you know, seven months of bargaining, the company made a last and final offer and we were, workers were really, really disappointed,” said Tracy Lingo, president of Unite Here Local 7, the union representing Ocean Downs employees.
According to Lingo, the lowest-paid workers at the Worcester County casino currently earn $15 an hour.
